WC2-RESULTS.jpg The second event in the Cooper Dust Series Western Cape took place in the pitch black darkness of the Tankwa Karoo. All the teams that made the trek to Halfway House in the Tankwa, had great fun, and despite the cold and dark, the spirits remained high. On a 15 km lap there were fou...

I would also suggest replacing it sooner rather than later. If it rains on the way down, dusty/muddy water and muck will get in there, and mess the CV up, and it could mean that you end up stranded outside a small Karoo town where parts are not available. Something similar happened to us in Namibia ...

I have had the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) cut out and replaced by a straight pipe. Then I had the huge silencer cut out and replaced by a small freeflow box. The pipe still goes out the back as per normal. I have noticed a definite improvement in performance. Cannot say the fuel consumption is ...

The Tankwa Karoo is going to come alive with the sound of 4x4's battling it out for top honours in the 2nd Episode of the Cooper Dust Series WC on 30/06/2018. Bear in mind, top 3 gets automatic entry into the Grand Final and the chance to compete with the winners from the 6 other regions in the only...

Hi Terry Imagine bumping into you guys on the Hilux Forum. Welcome. The guys below/above gave good advice and I have nothing really to add to that. These guys are very experienced in overland travels, and they know their stuff. If you want to talk to somebody who has first hand knowledge and many ma...

I dont think they are too worried about making up points. Although Tiaan and Mikey are a formidable team, they are mostly in it for the fun, not so much to win the series. Hopefully they will be at the next one, in the Tankwa at night, on 30 June.

Yep, 7MGE still in place, and sounding better than ever with a Powerflow exhaust, a huge improvement on the Allan-Venter-flow one I had. :twisted: :twisted: :thumbup: :thumbup: All the stickers I left on it are still there including the Hilux4x4.co.za Club sticker on the roof that we put on for the ...

https://i0.wp.com/dustmedia.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WC1-RESULTS.jpg?resize=632%2C421 The first event of the Cooper Dust Series in the Western Cape for 2018 has come and finally the dust has settled. Honingklip farm outside Botrivier was the scene for an iconic event that saw 22 teams take ...

Our first Cooper Dust Series event is taking place on 14 April 2018 at Honingklip just outside Botrivier. The purpose of the Dust Series is not to be a vehicle breaker. We lay out the obstacles in such a way that drivers of ordinary "off the floor" vehicles can also take part alongside the heavily m...

I got 2 1000l flow bins for R250 about a year ago. Now you are lucky if you get 1 for less than R1000!! I now use them for grey water storage to flush loo's and to water the 3 plants we have left in the garden. Then I also have a 2500l JoJo for rainwater which we use for the washing machine. We are ...

Those camper shells are perfect for single-cab or extra-cab Hiluxes, but on the double-cab there is way too much weight behind the rear axle. besides that, the front of the load bin attaches to the chassis just in front of the rear axle, and at that point is where it will bend the chassis when these...

You want to prevent this bentlux.JPG by attaching the front part of the "camper shell" to the top of the roof? Is that right? You are going to cause HUGE problems. The Hilux is not a unibody design. The cab and the load bin are separate units and move separately from each other. If you attempt to ti...

I had extremely bad experience with GY Wrangler AT/SA's. Good tyre on tar, but on gravel I had LOTS of punctures. I will not recommend it. If you are only driving tar roads, go for it.. But for overlanding? Pack an extra spare and make provision for lengthy puncture repairs on the side of the road. ...

I have a 2010 3.0 D4D. About 2 years ago I decided to get rid of the DPF. Chopped it out and replaced with a normal piece of stainless steel pipe. Then I also had the silencer box (drum) as big as an oil drum cut out and replaced with a small freeflow (see through) silencer. The exhaust note has not...

And so Cooper Dust Series 2017 came to an end. The competitors in the COOPER DUST SERIES TANKWA FINAL for 2017 sweated it out in the GRAND FINAL. in the end, there could be only one Champion, and that is the team of Elrico Koen and Pierre Genis in a Land Rover Discovery 3. After a year in which they...

The qualifiers for 2017 are done and dusted and we have 10 Finalists to do battle with the other 4 regions for the Cooper Dust Series Championship Crown. https://i2.wp.com/dustmedia.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Dust-Series-9-WC.png Read more about it here: http://dustmedia.co.za/2017/04/03/dust-...

Some reading on thec 2 Dust Series events we did in the Western Cape so far this year. We are taking a "winter break" and will be back in September with a visit to Lambert's Bay dunes, for a day/weekend in the sand. Dust series also went National, with events also being held in Gauteng, Mpumalanga a...

I'm getting the sense that you're implying that it's no easy feat..... :eh: No actually I am implying that once the aluminium canopy is on there you wont take it off again. Because inevitably, once you have it on, you are going to start adding little cupboards, and shelves and slides and lights and...

Why do you want to retain the roll bar under the aluminium canopy? It just takes up a lot of very useful space and adds unnecessary weight? And an Aluminium canopy will do the same job as a normal roll bar. Google it, there are lots of roll-over picks proving it.

2017 is here. And we are working hard behind the scenes to get this thing up and running again this year. The name changed somewhat. Now not the Dust Challenge Series any longer, we want te get away from the "Chellenge" part of it, because people seem to think it entails breaking your vehicle. So we...

Here is my rendition of a travel kitchen / pantry. Bear in mind it was not our requirement to have the stove and washing up basin incorporated in the box. It is a box that holds kitchen/eating/cooking utensils and cleaning stuff. http://www.hilux4x4.co.za/views/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=33448&p=399180" o...

We do this again in 2017... But with a little twist, which we will communicate shortly.. If you want to be part of the Marshalling group, let us know, we are starting our organising early this year, it is going to be a lot of work.. As most of you might be aware Wegry, a small Afrikaans 4x4 and offr...